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Case Reports
. 2021 Apr 13:65:102289.
doi: 10.1016/j.amsu.2021.102289. eCollection 2021 May.

Spinal extradural angiolipomas: A case report

Othman Benhayoun  1 , Marouane Makhchoune  1 , Abdelhamid Jehri  1 , Mohamed Yassine Haouas  1 , Said Hilmani  1 , Abdelhakim Lakhdar  1
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Case Reports

Spinal extradural angiolipomas: A case report

Othman Benhayoun et al. Ann Med Surg (Lond). .

Abstract

Angiolipoma are benign tumors composed of mature adipocytes ad mixed with abnormal vascular elements. It reportedly accounts for 0.1-0.5% of all spinal axis tumors in adults and is extremely rare in children. This article describes a case of spinal extradural angiolipoma in a 35-year-old man, who presented with paraplegia and sphincter disorders, the MRI showed extradural spinal lesions at the level of T7 to T10, that squeezed the spinal cord. We attained total resection without any further neurological complication. The diagnosis of SEALs initially can be challenging radiologically since they may imitate other spinal lesions. The gold standard treatment modality should always be surgery, however in some cases, total resection can not be done.

Keywords: Angiolipomas; Case report; MRI; Spinal extradural.

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The authors of this article have no conflict or competing interests. All of the authors approved the final version of the manuscript.

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(A,B): Post-contrast T1-weighted sagittal MRI (A) showing a homogeneous hyperintense mass at T7-T10, axial MRI (B) compressing the spinal cord obvious enhancement of the mass.
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